Apparatus for depositing plastic or semifluid substances



April 1933- A. KREMMLING 1,903,570

APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING PLASTIC 0R SEMIFLUID SUBSTANCES 7 Filed Sept. 15. 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 A. KR'EMMUNG L 1,903,570

April 11, 1933.

APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING PLAS TIC OR SEMIFLUID SUBSTANCES 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 15 1932 April II, 1933. 1,903,570

APPARATUS Fox DEPOSITING PLASTIC on SEMIFLUID SUBSTANCES A. KREMMLING v I Filed Sept. 15. 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Kremm/ April 11, 1933-. A. KRE MMLING 1,903,570

APPARATUS FOR DEFOSITING'PLASTIC OR'SEMIFLUID SUBSTANCES I Filed Sept. 15 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Apr. 11,

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deposition of the articles may he efiected" upon a continuously movin surface such as a conveyor band or traveling trays or the 15 like. 1

According to the invention in a machine for forming confectionery sha es compris- .ing a depositor having a nozz e (or a plurality thereof) to which a motion is imparted Q in a horizontal plane in accordance with the shape of the article to be producod means are provided for, controlling the movements.

of the nozzle in accordance with the forward travel of the receiving surface.

25 The supplementary movements of the nozzles may be eifected by a controlled movement of the depositing machine together with the nozzle. These su plementary move ments may be effected y the provision of 3G cam operated means. Alternatively, the means for moving the nozzles in accordance with the shape of the articles to be deposited may have a bodily movement relativel to the depositor ho per in. accordance with the iglovements o the travelling receiving surace. I

lhe supplementary movements also include a vertical movement of the depositing mechanism to move the nozzles vertically I 40 with relation to the travelling receiving-surface to separate the extruding material from the previously de ,osited articles. This vertical movement 0 the depositin mechanism is efiected in timed relation to t e longitudinal movements of the depositing -mecha nisms so that the separation or breaking of the extruding materialoccurs at the completion of the'forward movement of the deposit- 50 ing mechanism; the nozzles being returned to their initial position at the commencement of the next forward movement of the de ositing mechanism.

urther features of the invention will be hereinafter described. 7

In the accompanying drawings Figures 1 and 2 dia axnmetically illus trate in elevation and p an a depositing device having nozzles which are moved in. a horizontal plane to shape the articles through the agency of cam-controlled mechamsm.

igure 3 is an elevation showin a lampplementary drive for efi'ecting the a ditional movement of the nozzles in accordance with the travel of the receiving surface.

Figure 4 is an end elevation corresponding to Figure 3.

Figure 5 shows a sectional elevation of a device for lifting the nozzles to edect abreaking away of the nozzle from the deposited shape.

Figure 6 is a partial elevation of means for lifting the depositor for causing a hrea I away of the nozzles from the deposi shape.

Figure 7 is an elevation of a modified machine wherein the supplementary movement is imparted to the nozzles in accordance with the movement of the travelling receiving surface by reciprocating the entire chine.

Figure 8 is an elevation oi the machine shown in Figure 3' looking from the other side.

Figure 9 is an end elevation of the machine looking from the-left in Figure 8..

In carrying the invention into efi'ect according to one arrangement, a lets his fitted heneath the hopper l of a epositmg machine of known construction and supports a holder or bracket 3 on which a nozzle plate 4 is movably mounted. The plate a carries a series of nozzles 5 which are connected by means of flexible tubes 6 to the apertures in the plate 2, whereby movement of the nozzle plate may be efiected relatively to the stationary plate 2.

The nozzle late 4 is govided with an extension piece in whic slots and 9 are formed, the slot 8 being longitudinal of 0 the plots 4: while the slot 9 is transversely wronged thereon 1 @no end of c connecting link 11 cornice c bolt l wliicli engeg'es in slot 8 so that it mey be adjusted along es slot, the other end of the link ll lieving n bolt 32 adopted to engige in e slot 13 of the arm 1% ci e bell crank lever, the cube? end of which is provided with e roller 15 whicliengoges in the lower coin. groove 16 of a rotevy com piste ii. A. second connecting link 19 is pro vided, one end oi which carries e bolt 18 adopted to engage in the slot 9 so time it mcy be adjusted elong the slot, The other end of the connecting link 1% is provided will; boltfiil cngcging in slot 21 on c pivoted levei" 222, the other mm of which 7 service roll 3* 23 engcging in the upper Him coin gwocve 24 oi the com disc 1?.

The creek lever Mend the lever 22 one boils pivoted upon an stub shaft 25, the lowes end ill? of which is screwed into e, cesing or mounting 27. The mounting 27 also carries c vertical driven shaft 28 upon which the com disc 1'? is mounted, the lower end of the one 28 heving e bevel wheel 29 which meshes with e bevel wheel 30 carried by a.

driving shell; 31.

The driving shelt 31 easy be driven in any convenient mcnuer es for example, by c cbein drive from any convenient moving memloen c i J The l? is mounted on the shell; ii? in neinovcble manner so elastic mcy'bc ,iy shcped cum gvcovcs mcording to s5. the flillllil? being p'ecduiced It will be opprecioocd the com disc revolves t'l'ie levers end 25.23 will be pivelsecl in their respective com nsrcl with oizber discs leaving dialgrooves end thus import auction to the conmeeting links ll 19 which motion will be ticnsmi'ttcd to the nozzles 5. lliius the lower cum groove 16 will control lateral move ments of the nozzles while the upper com groove 24% will produce longitudinal movement of the nozzles, the resultant of the two movements producing a. combined movement of the nozzles in accordance with the shape of the article to be deposited.

By adjusting'thc connectin link 19 in the slots 9 and 21 the extent of .t e longitudinal component of the nozzle movements may be varied as desired. Similarly the extent of the transverse component of the nozzles may be varied by an adjustment ofthe connecting link 11 with respect to theslots 8 and 13. Thus, for example, the lateral" component of the movements of the nozzles'ina be adjusted to a small dimension while tbs longitudinal component may be made large, Al-

ternatively, the lateral component may be large while the longitudinal movement is small. Further, the two movements may be which is driven in on nooeevo oi exi tent es to produce cicculer svticles. I

For purpose of depositing the artielse on s continuously moving receiving surface comprising, for ezsinple on endless conveyotc 51 mounted upon rolls 52, 53 one oi? convenient known menisci lab-s mounting 7! (see Figures 3 end may errenged in. such as, uiunnei it may be bodily moved or recipicceted in the diceclzicn of. the movement of receiving surfaces According lo this crrcngement the moon we provided with a slide 32 engaging e guide pi cs 33 curried by the mecliine frame B l beering member 35 is formed in one piece with the guide 33 end supports driving elicit cc lievin'c ct one ends bevel wheel 37. This bevcl w eel meshes with e bevel wheel 38 cerried by so shall 39 which runs in e sensing l0 rigidly attached to the guide piece 33 end in cbreclxet 40o depending from the mounting 27., A bevel wheel d]. which is splined to the shaft 39 so that it may move longitudinally of the shaft meshes with the bevel wheel 29 oi the shift 28 to which the cum disc 1? is attached.

The driving shaft 36 comics u. come disc 43 having a com groove 44 adopted for engegement with e roller 45 curried by one of c bell crank lever 46 which is ,piv-- otcd et l7 on the bearing piece 35.. The other crin oi tliis'bell cvcnlv lever is slotted to engage a, roller 49 which is mounted upon iloe casing 21? in slot so so tbst it may adjusted in line slot As the sloeit 36 revolves by c clooin drive connected totlie sprocket 36c motion'will be tecnsmitted to the vertical shell; 28 of 'llie' disc i? so to impevt the desired sllcping movements to the. nozzles 5 es ezpleincd with reference to Figures l end 2. At the some time by the action of the com disc 43, the bell cronlz do is pivoted and through the engegement of the roller 49 with the slot 48 the mounting 27 slides on the guide 33 and thus reciprocetes in the direction of-movement of the receiving surface 51 such movement being controlled by a suitable shepingof the cam 44. The exient of this movement may be varied by an lZi receiving surface and will return to its original position after the deposition of the articles is efiectcd' and extrusion is stopped, the return movement preferably being faster than the forward movement.

. In order in break away thc'nozzles from the deposi ed pieces at the end of the de- -maybea mounting the hopper 1 of the depositing. machine so that it may be bodily lifted.

positing riod the reoeiv' surface 51 rulptly lowered tgi s indieated, for example, in igure,1)'by, e provision of a rotary cam 54 mounted beneath the upper run of the conveyor. The necessary movement may be transmitted to the cam 54 by any known device such as a ratchet or like drive.

The breaking away movement of the nozzles may also be effected by raising the nozzles away from the receiving surface. Such an arrangement is shown in Figure 5 in which the nozzles are carried b levers 66 pivotally connected at 67 to brac ets 68 carried by the nozzle plate 4.

The nozzles 5 are mounted upon mouth piece elements 64 which are connected by flexible tubes 65 with the nozzle plate 4 which is provided with pipes 4a.

Connecting rods 69 are pivoted at 70 to the levers 66 and carry at their lower end 71 rollers 72 which run on the rotary cam disc 54. As the cam 54 is rotated to the position shown in Figure 5 the nozzles 5 will be lifted away from the receiving surface and thus breakaway from the deposited sha A similar result may be obtained y Such an arrangement is indicated in Figure 6 in which the hopper 1 is pivoted to a coupling rods 63 having rollers 62 engaging the lifting cam 54".

When the cam 54 is moved to the position shownin Fi ure 6 the depositing hopper 1 to ether wit the nozzles 5 will be raised to reak away the nozzles from the deposited shapes on the receiving surface.

It will be appreciated that the hopper is provided with intermittently operated means for extruding the material from the nozzles 5, such means being well known.

Referring now to Figures 7, 8 and 9, the depositing machine is members 74, 75, on which the machine or carriage 73 is carried by means of rollers 76, 77 78 and7 9 arranged on shafts 80 and 81, whereby the machine frame may be moved relatively to the base members, the latter constituting a cradle for the carriage.

. The shafts 80 and 81 have keyed to them levers 82, 83 and 84, 85 respectively on which counter-Wei hts are mounted.

Angular ever plates 93 and 94 are keyed to the shaft 80 and also to a shaft 86 which is mounted on bearings on the frame 7 3.

At its other end the frame 73 isprovided with a shaft 87 to which a air of links (one of which 83;; is shown in 1 ure 7) is keyed,

these links also being keye to the shaft'81.

By this arrangement the machine frame with the depositor and other parts are coun- 'terbalanced by the counter-weights about the axes of the shafts 80 and 81.

provided with base On the machine frame 73 a main driving shaft 88 is provided which carries a A roller carried by alever' 90 1 the machine frame 78.

The lever 90 is also connected by an ad- 'ustable rod 92 with the plate 98 which is e ed to the shaft 80. a

e lever 94 at the other end of the shaft 86 is connected by a rod 95 with a U-shaped lever 96 keyed on the shaft 87.

On rotation of the main driving shaft 88 the cam 89, by its engagement of the roller of the lever 90, causes a ivoting of the lever which is transmitted through the rod .92 to the plate 93.

The relative movement between the plate 93 and the frame 73 causesa rotation of the shaft 86. which is transmitted to the plate 94 on the opposite end of the shaft and through the rod 95 a corres nding rota movement is imparted to t e shaft 87 at i e other end of the machine. Thus the frame 78 is either raised or lowered according to the position of the roller on the cam 89.

This raising of the frame 73 relatively to the receiving surface 51 causes a corresponding movement of the nozzles associated with the depositor 1 and is utilized to effect a breaking away of the nozzles from thegdeposited articles at the end of the de it period. The adjustable rod 92 is't read and engages a nut carried by the plate 98 so that the extent of the vertical movement cam, the lever being pivoted at 91 hand wheel 97.

The roller of the lever 90 may be adjusted to a position in which it will be out of engagement with the cam 89 in which ease of the machine may be varied by rotating the the frame of the machine will remain stationary in its raised position so that the ma Y chine can be converted to a machine in which the severance of the extruded material is effected by means of a wire passing across the nozzles in known manner.

For this purpose the lever 90 has pivoted thereto a rod 98 which passes through an aperture in a bracket 99 fixed upon the frame centre 93.

When the lever 90 is moved to disengage its roller from the cam 89, it is held b the engagement of a set screw or other astening device 100 abutting against the bracket 99;

In order to providea reciprocating movement to the machine to produce the supplementary movement of the nozzles in accordance w1th the travel of the receiving surface 51, a second cam 103 .is provided on the ngaged the machine frame 73. The lower arm of'the lever-is provided with a slot in which a bolt 104 is adjustably mounted, saidbolt being carried upon one endof a coupling rod 105,

The shape of the cam 103 is preferably sup- vsuch that the rate of the forward reciprocation agrees with the travel of the receivin surface 51, while the return movement is e fected at a greater rate.

A tension spring 106, one end of which is connected to the frame 7 3 and theother end to the lever 101, is provided for holding the roller of the lever in engagement with the cam 103, Springs 107, 108, the ends of which are connected respectively to the frame 7 3 end i no supports 74, 75, will also tend to hold the roller of the lever 101 in engagement with the cam 103 and further to return the mochine to the left as viewed in Figure 7. I

It will be appreciated that the depositing device 1 carried by the frame 73 is rovided with a controllingcem disc 17 as escrihed with reference to Figure l, which is carried to the mounting 27 and driven through the s aft 31 which is provided with a chain drive 109 from the main shaft 88. i

In order to synchronize the movements of the machine with the travelling receiving surface 51 durin the running of the machine, an adjusts 1e change speed gear may be rovidedi in the drive in known manner.

en utilizing the machine as e wire cut machine both the vertical rise of the machine frame 73 and the supplementary movement adorded by the cam 103 may be cut out.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent is a depositing machine having a nozzle or p nozzles, means for intermittently extruding material from the nozzles, camcontrolled means for moving the nozzles according to the shape of the deposited articles, a carriage supporting the depositing machine, counterweight levers pivoted to and support- "ing the carriage, cam controlled means for ad usting the angle of the counterweight le vers with respect to the carriage for moving the carriage vertically relative to the receiving surface and cam controlled means for moving the carriage in accordance with the travel of the receiving surface.

2. A machine ior depositing confectionery shapes upon a horizontslftravelling surface, comprising a depositingmechanism including nozzles and means for extruding mateliorizontal dimoans rial from the nozzles u n the travelling surface, a carriage rovi mg a mountingwfor the depositing mec anism, a cradle, yielding means supporting the carriage in the cradle, and means for moving the carriage vertically in the cradle to ition the nozzles with relation to the trave ling surface.

3. A machine for depositing confectionery shapes upon a horizontal travelling surface, comprising a depositing mechanism includrial from the nozzles upon the travelling snrtace, a carriage providing it mounting for the depositing mechanism, a cradle having horizontal trscks, shafts carried by Wheels travelling on the horizontal tracks, counterweight levers pivoted to the carriage and iulcrumed on the Wheeledv shafts to yieldingly support the carriage, and means for moving the cerriageyertically in thecradle to position the nozzles with relation to the travelling surface. 1

5a A machine for deiting confectionery shapes upon a horizontal travelling surface, comprising a depositing mechanism including nozzles and means for extrudin material from the nozzles 11 n the trave in surface, a carria providing a mounting or the depositing mechanism, a cradle having horizontal ks, shafts carried by wheels travellin on the horizontal tracks, counter vveig tlevers pivoted to the carriage and fulcrurned on the wheeled shafts to ieldingly support the carriage, angular evers ivoted' at their angles to the carriage and gournaled at one of their ends on one of the shatts, and operative means connected with the other ends of the angular lovers to simultaneously turn said levers to move the carriage vertically to position the nozzles with relation to the travelling surface.-

' In testimony whereo I have signed my name to this specification.

ARIBERT 'KREMMLING. 

